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Posted Marzo 21 at 4:14pmBy Ethics Education for Children - Arigatou International

“The kids learn that ‘interfaith dialogue’ means keeping your faith and your tradition while being enriched and blessed by new friendships.”

Thanks to Bridges - Eastern European Forum for Dialogue for capturing this enriching youth camp in such a beautiful photo exhibition, and to The Interfaith Observer​ for this comprehensive article, that describes part of our work on intercultural and interfaith learning.

Posted Marzo 21 at 2:12pmBy Ethics Education for Children - Arigatou International

International Day of Happiness draws attention to the right to be happy no matter your age, gender identity, religion, race, or culture.

Happiness in children is particularly crucial for later development in children's lives. Research has found that healthy and nurturing relationships throughout childhood can affect the development in the brain. Another study, by the London School of Economics, found that happiness in childhood has more of an effect on life satisfaction than other factors such as academic success or wealth in later life.

Posted Marzo 17 at 7:28pmBy Ethics Education for Children - Arigatou International

After two successful pilot workshops in Portugal and Kenya, the process of the adaptation of the Learning to Live Together (LTLT) to middle childhood years continues, this time getting ready for a pilot in Bucharest, Romania!

In preparation for the pilot, a stakeholder meeting took place on Saturday 16 March in Bucharest organised by GNRC Romania and Education for Change Association in collaboration with the Ethics Education Office in order to fully understand the needs of local children, discuss the importance of Interfaith learning and ethics education in the country, and ways to introduce it in formal and non formal education in Romania with children of these ages.

The stakeholders attending the meeting included religious leaders, representatives from UNICEF, members from parents association, from the House of Methodist teachers, Institute of Educational Sciences, primary school teachers, inspectors counselors, non-government organisations working with Roma children, early childhood psychologists, the commission on child protection and members from the Global Network of Religions for Children in Romania.

The meeting produced thoughtful discussions and considerations for the adaptation of the LTLT to middle childhood years, and stakeholders expressed interest and commitment to support the implementation and scaling up of the LTLT in Romania into other organisations.

The pilot itself will take place on 18-20 April, involving 30 children from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds.

A one full day preparatory meeting for the pilot took place today with the facilitators team that will lead, organize and implement the pilot with children.

We thank all those who were involved in this meeting and the facilitators’ team that will support the pilot in Romania. We are excited to continue sharing this process with you!